Former senator Antonio 'Sonny' Trillanes IV and The Silent Majority group filed plunder and graft complaints against Vice President Sara Duterte at the Office of the Ombudsman on January 21, 2026, over alleged misuse of confidential funds. The accusations include P650 million from the Office of the Vice President and Department of Education, along with other anomalies from her past roles. This follows an earlier impeachment dismissed by the Supreme Court in July 2025.
In Manila, Philippines, former senator Sonny Trillanes IV and the civil society group The Silent Majority filed complaints at the Office of the Ombudsman on January 21, 2026. The charges against Vice President Sara Duterte involve plunder and malversation of P650 million in confidential funds from the Office of the Vice President (OVP) and Department of Education (DepEd), based on an affidavit from Ramil Madriaga, described as Duterte's former 'bagman.'
The complaint also covers P2.7 billion in confidential funds from her time as Davao City mayor. Additional allegations include graft and malversation over P8 billion in overpriced DepEd laptops, P12 billion in Commission on Audit disallowances, P7 billion in unliquidated cash advances, construction of only 192 classrooms out of a 6,000 target, failure to declare P2 billion in ill-gotten wealth in her SALN, bribery from a drug lord, and threats against President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
The Silent Majority founder Jocelyn Acosta stated, 'The Vice President’s behavior to recklessly spend funds stems from her term as Davao City vice mayor, which she brought when she became the Vice President.' This builds on a prior complaint filed in December 2025 by Father Flavie Villanueva. Duterte responded to related impeachment threats as 'all about money' in an interview in The Hague, Netherlands.
These developments highlight ongoing political tensions, with no contradictions across reports from the sources.
